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wile are now kept under by trench despotism,: were as much at liberty to express their feeling ant opinions as the Spaniards and PortUguese, that they would as strongly manifest their detistation of their.: Tyrants, and call upon England to assist them in their attempts to restore their foTrner Governments, which, whatever might be their defeCfs, w e re a thousand times prefer Ole to the oppre , sion which they endure under the minions of BUONAPKRTE. The people of Naples we know have made several attempts to re store their former Monarch, and would must readily co-operate with any forces we could send, in order. to effea so desirable a measure. It is wonderful that, the writers alluded to, who are so terrified lest those Governments on the Corittnent which have been overtlirol.vn by the French, should be re-esta blished, do not tell Ministers to,stipulate expressly with their respeaive -.inhabitants, that Great Britain shall only lend them assistance, upon..the condition • that they will abandon all thoughts of being placed . under the ancient Regime. But do the writers wish that we should assist the States which have beerts d eprived of their Legitimate Rulers,' merely . icy' give those States , a revolutionary impulse, and expose them to all the fantastic innovatiods,,and dreadfel excesses which attended the overthrow, of -the ol& French Government As the writers'' , in ouestion•rather express their fars than cominu= nicate their counsels, it is difficult to guess what . they ,wish, or whA they would have Ministers do. As to the idea of our - conquering any part of Italy for ourselves, it- is so very ridiculous, that it hardly deserves any notice. We believe these writers may rest assured, that the-people of the Continent who are enslaved by Frake are under none ,of the terrors which so much-, disturb themselves ; and we have every reason to believe that many of the States allude'd to ale heartily sick of revolution-: ► ary principles, and their horrible consequences.— . The main point, however, is to endeavour to eifeet their deliverance, and it is not likely that the British Government needs to be cautioned against propos- . ing such conditions to the poor enslaved viduns of France, in her dependent States, as would, be insult ing to them, when - we were generously, assisting them to effea their deliverance. But we are told that " we must heal thoSe wounds which ages of despotism :have infiiEted ; I,Ve .must infuse into its (Italy) political body that health which flows from freedom ; and out of- a garbled mass of disjointed States, we must create one Mighty,•stable, and per manent Empire." Here, indeed, the Opposition Writers speak - out, and they have t . urnisthed, employ ment for the British Government for a very long period. It is easy for these Writers to call names -and -bandy about the word despotism, but what is all the despot is.n of the- former Governments of Italy to that inflicted by the French But in the v. ork which they have thus carved out for the British Government, they seem to have wholly forgotten the doctrines which they have so , tong maintained, and which forbid us to meddle with the political systems of other States - Now, however, 'we are to endea vour to-improve their political health, and to aenihi- - late' the indePendence of some . Countries, in order to " create a Mighty, stable, . and permanent Empire, out of a garbled miss of disjointed' States." Thus these writers contradtd the whole . of their poli tical conduCt for many 'years, and advise us to follow the. examples.of the . French Revolutionists, and legislate for other Countries,. who, though they might .avail themselves of our help to rid them of their present Tyrant, would afterwards spurn at our 'officious atsc./ presumptuous attempts to re-model their Governments. We ought to 'make some apology to our Readers for canvassing such absurdities, only that it' may be proper for us . to shew that those profound Politicians, who thus generously give their -advice to Ministers re specting the measures which they should adopt on the Continent, do so in dire& oppesition to the • tenets which they have urged over and over asain for many years, and would in reality make Great Britain imitate the conslat -which the French Re volutionists recommended to all other States, and upon which some of these Revolutionists grounded their hopes `f of setting fire to the -four quarters of the earth." NO intelligence 11,:d reached Goyertitnent from Portugal when this Paper was put to Press, . There are, hOwever, several reports in circubtion respea ing the tenni. upon which the French are said to have surrendered. but they Ore not entitled to any credit. The Opposition Politicians are am - Usitfgtlipt;nselves Isith profound spco;ations as to the consequences which may arise ft-041 the extension of War into • 1t.013;,.n . ! ‘i the employment of Briti,h Trotips in that quarter. They appear to be under very great ap- Tit-A(4 , 4°ns that it is the intention of ti.e British 'Moisten- td 'procure, if possible, the re-establish went of the ancient Governments, and dispossoss the favourites of BUOxAPARTE, for the of o gur?ose getting the Country to parcel out ac ring our own. ut the .fears of these gloomy nlticians carry them still farther, for they hint at the possibili ty of our re-conquering a part of Italy, even for onrAelves---ra supposition that we should have sup posed could. never have originated in any undistem pered brain. • In purAlance of these visionary ter rors, they take great pains to admonish Ministers Againo such rash and dangerous deSigns, and say, that should undertake the deliverance of that couotry merely disinterested views." In this respect, their gein•rosity is as wild ds their fears, for' i n u til•ctingthe deliverance of Italy from the tyr ann y, of Fcance, we must necessarily promote our interests, 'by reviving amicable connettions and commercial interccni fie. Upon the same principles which induce the writers allu , led to to discourage Ministers from attempting - to carry the war into Italy, they ought to .have diss44led them from interfering in the cause of Spa.ri, to restore the Royal Family of that country, . , and assi,!ing the Poituguese in their efforts to re place the Flouse of BR AoAtsizA on the Throne. --7.• Surely it will itot be denied that the people of Italy must be V. anxious to get rid of French tyranny as . the Spaniards pnd the Portuguese, and it is our in terest tp render the people of Maly all the assistance we can, to enable them to throw off the yoke, Wit bout entet lug into yain spectilatiopsas to tne Governments that they inay ,hereafter adopt, Criil it tiO doubted, 4tAveyer„ that the. people of Italy would most wil lingly •xcliange French oppression tor the Govern ment of their fot - iner Rulers, wider spelt moditica7 !ions as e.A tt rienor ftud rvileclion Tay suggest Nor i it at 01 4P1494 , 4*.t U t 45 pgoo9 of 44Y1 The Marquis WELLESLEY, his brother the Hon. W. W. PoLE, Major ,CAMPBEbL, Aid-de-Camp to Sir,AnTaux &c. were in the Stage tux at the Haymarket Theatre last hight. Every eye was „fixed upon. them. Yesterday Earl Carney set off to hiS scat, at the Wilderness, Kent ; and to-day his Lordship will en, tertain the , troop, and a nutnh.-r of Gentlemen, with A dinner s which will be served up in tents, opposite his Lordship'S house. The table will be covered for upwards of 3QO persons. Not withstanding all the attempts of BUONAPARTE, trade still finds its way s and ,orders for Limit for the French army have been executed in. the West Rid ing pt Yorkshire to the amount of 4p,0901. and the money paid tin - it immediately. The Transports for the reception of the troops have arrived at tams ;ate, and yesterday the Brigade of Guards was to . embark. . The destination of this expedition is conjectured to be remote, 'from the circumstance the Yc seas 14037 et • a Or4e • In the absence of the so anxiously looked for in telligence from Portugal, we are enabled to i lay fore our Readers the following interestingommim4.-_ cation from Spain. .It has been received by tieman of high consideration from an intelligent friend at Gijon, who has ample means of posse,ssing himself of the most correa information " •Gijcirr; Aug - . 24;1'808. Permit me t&congratulate you and our country, upon the prosperous state . of ifffairs in Spain. You have, of course, learped the defeat, of DupoNT. I have not yet heard of any odicial .acco.unt. of the French loss; the SPantirdS' make :it:1 . 7,000: Be. this - as it may, the blow has been treat; and its-,con sequences mlist prove extensive. • The French have abandon: d Burgos, iOn•theiel inst. they had concentrated at that point 44:Iot_:1 42;000 men, including the arrny of BESSiERFS,frorn 7. Leon,'yvh~ch had just arriyed. JoSEPII Ht Burgos I the same day,,ard slept at Vittoria on ;he 13th, and .I.ll6dOmt - rertrained at Burgos ;with the real-01ud..! Oil.;the , l7,th Esrgos was rvacuated,:and dosEPI , II24 retired to Brivie,ca. NAVAL NEWS. DEAL, SEPT. 8.--AriVy.Ll the Gannet and Fly Sloops from the Nore. • In the DoWns—Princess of Orange, Rellerrhon, Levitt. than, Hero, Illustrious, and Bombay, of 74 guns ; Trusty, and geinesis, of guns ; Alert, l'andora,Harlequin, Challenger, Fly, and Gannet, Sloops of W 2/ Flamer Gun brig. !, The Guards marched'from here- this morning for Ramsgate-to embark. • •-'`?`"' _ . .1 1 ;-'• SHEERNESS, SEPT. 7.---Sailed the Gc.nriet Sloop of War, Capt. STEVENSON. .. • _ .• - SEPT; B.—Saded the Claudia Cutter with Convoy far" HeTigOland. . .. • • • The Eurvalds•Prigatd sailed for, Chatbarri , to .he refitted. 'rite Baltic Convoy will sail on Saturday;: • the, Chari‘ori and Cyrus, Scothseamen, —. l"liF7atler Slodp of WaTiliThpponiteTail ora the loth inst. with . 'the Tr ide foi - ',NTr.vfp,upCll4nd, &c, ''FPr..rifftlp9rts, lately arrived, froul the AleP. , , terraaean are released from quaralitine.. e -"On4fre - 2d - iyisttrnt;the - City - of Bil boa rose, and' sent to Mujor Rocm;, requeiltiugpi t tn. tp t got4ither, and bririg — what assistanCe, h;e could. 'Accordingly lic,vited_ort.bord the Seine, with .150,,909 near '4oot) stand ,qf arms,'SOntelighY ! niunitiOn. ':arrival' he i ,teAtii : cl. the French (on the 16th) iii a6tual, engagement , withl ; the 131.'scayans,.2:ATite enemy_ tsad a'istrong de tichtnebt (400 ; cavalry, and. 6000 . infatitry)Yfrom Vit toria. They were opposed at a' bridge halt a league train: the toivn by less' than. 2000,j w - ho were at length - Otter losing two Gel terids killed, one of, theta,,; named CASTAt,W,S; brother to the Aodalusiati) ed . to - fly. The French have committed horrid atro cities cities in the city, - Major ROCHE , I. understand, landectat Castur on the 8111, (five- leayo-s from: inorder to try tdrally-the peoplS3 it is, ex peded the enemy will abandon the city as soon 'as they hati e well 4) d e red _.11..—,.52.mg las_sustaiu ed Many formidable attacks from the French, which it has hitherto nobly resisted. The enemy atinAllv besieging it, but retreated on thi4pprOaCh of 1.5,000 Spaniai - ds. • • " G'enerAl CAstr;ANOS is said to have.left Madrid on the sth instant, for VilladOlid,• in order to join CUESTA; who is said Co have about ;3000 cat airy. ‘• Filteen,thOusand British . infantry,l understand, are shortly ex.peded at Gijon, 'aril five to,,usafid cavalry at Coquina. General BLARE, is with uiirty thousand Galiciatis at Leon, and when nnite9l.,yykth' the cavalry from Corunna, he will ha riria atk to fear. He . Mai safely advance to fiegnosa . ; 'and. tit the British--:land at 'Santander, he t wo arm i es can forth their in t l.-lion at the sAme.piace._l cf The. buke of 11 , 1FANTADO and Lieutenant-Co lonel/DoyLE went to iVladrid on the t 7th trom - Leap. CA - attoLL rei - naitmd with, General BLAKE. The Asturians have 12,000- men ready to match, and upwards-616000 more, with -which they meat) to maintain the t 2,000 .always i recruited the forces of this principality are-,soon to be-augmented- - -to 24,000, be,.i.les which there are prudent measures taken for calling out the mass, of ihe people in case of emergettc, . The news Irina Catalonia-I under stand is very flvouranie. 'I he Spaniards ire hes.ieg ing Barcelona with every prospeta of - success." - t BUON' APARTE amidst the-slaughter of his. irpops in Spain, he disgraceful : fligut of his (4other from Ma- ! drid, the' oss of a 'Squadron at Cadiz, AII,I the defeat of his army in Portugal, is amusing himself at Paris halls'and s fetes, as if evt ry thing were in a state. of profound-, peace lt---NERo fiddled' whilst flume was burning, and BUONAPARTE dances whilst his soldiers are writhing by:thousands in the agonies of death !—There were assernb f ed in the Hot,,i de l Ville :it Paris, the EMpress of FRANCE, and the Kip any Queen of . NAPLES, and the Queen of wife)--all. and the Duchess tof ABII ANT ES (.117NOT's: figuri..g. away in quadrilles and youtitry dance,, on the very day JuNo-c was recerviug a severe chastise ment from Sir A. WELLESLEY. • • If were ~betore surprised at the inaction of BuoNAPAHTE when the fortune of his house is so niuch at stake, we are certainly much mote astonish- . e‘t at this ill-tithed merriment. The Obje.et was, we suppose. to conceal, by assumed gaiety, the -con sci ousuess uf the sad reverses that had been suffered ,itt Spain. The CenVoy b 6! nd to Newfoundland will' satl . from,Spithead in the course, of a week. The . Brisk- i :Sjp(4; 9 . f War, Cant, Cootie,. sailed from' Cork on Friday last; with sealed orders, said to be for. the coast of Spain and PortUgal, to apprize our .brave countrym,n'that Sir D. BArep's Expedition-is about to ad on another service:'. • . The coast of the 11. gos fr , ! tu Cascaes to Fort St. Julien; is' protet-ted - Oiny by"a" lota- 46ich does not exceed 1,500 Frenchmen, tor whose reduction the . :siit - irs . and els of our Fleet had volunteered then - services ; but in ,:onsequence of the a'pproa,..hing overthrow of the French in Portugal, the offer hAci been rejected by the Admiral. • If ex imples . ‘eere 'wanting to - sheW the glorious Supelimity .of the Navy of Great Britain, the fol.. lowing fat deserves conspicuous notice :--The . Gloire Frigate, Captain PARTIIEW, crtizing oaf the Coast of France, a few, :lays since, .discotwe two of the largest .class .French Frigates, near Cape •kirficur. Notwithgranding this iannense od4s, C,p , ain C. with the utmost intrepidity, resolved Ott attacking them. In a -few. minutes the -Ship was clear for action, every gun double-shOtted, and it was-thought , one broadside would s 6 disable th e siernmosi Ship as ..to enable him to cut her oft , --• enemy, on perceiving his intentions, innue diarelv crowded all sail, and, with the assistance of astrong ,in-shore ,current, etfeaeil their escape into Cherbourg, but not without receiving a brbadside from the Gloire, as they / entered. the mouth of the harbour. What is still more conyinCin2 how much the ,enemy feel 'their. own inferiority, the Amphil trite, a fine new Frigate, ready for •sea at Cher bourg, never made the least movement to assist !)et masnanjrnpus comrades„ or even to give them. a Pi a A reinforcement of three Men of War has - bees sent to the BAtic. The prevailing westerly wind s will soon bring them to their destination. Aberdeen has been uncommonly gay, occasionedby the Marquis of HUNTX.EY: the Lord Lieutenant , hldina, his first Court of Lieutenantcy in the Record Hall; the duties 'of the morning were relieved by a splendid dinner, which was attended by all the per'- sons oldiStinelioh in the vicinity. At a late meeting of the inhabitants of the , city of Carlisle, at which the Earl of Lotisprue, O a : many Ganletneti of the first reTectabiltty., were present, a plan was submitted tor conve nig the NO' t v 41411.41 .1.14.511:a Foclen_t9....a...rtf,wltAim, near the.ci tv; del, from whe i nce it will be carried into the clifiere: streets, ere. by means of water pipes, which to' with the approsati , ,n of his Lordship and the CO any presets, andni less than half au hour near 6 1 "" sum of 30001. was subscribed. It is somewhat curious, that on the very day whel BUONAPARTE with his mock-Kinds, Queens, an Duche4:;es, were engaged in a splendid ball at Parisi . '-disant f.,.':- Sir ARTHUR WELIESLEy 'was treating the sot - JoNoT was a Serjeant when. BUONAPARTE - first ' Duke of ABRANTES and his troops with baits o f "- went . to Toulon, and was appointed to go round the other kind, but-which induced the.Frencn_io dance ramparts w:th him. Upon which occasion lie,shew ed •so much skni and spirit, that BUoNAPARTE-SOli- about with- much greater aL;tivity than their; counkri" men cited and procured for bitn aii epaulette, and h as . • did at the same time in Paris. , never. deserted biro since. • ; Among the striking instances of great increase ill rents, is u that of the Salmon Fishery of that part of The Portuguese regiments in the French service, f the Western the River Annan falling into the Frith of Solway , which were till lately in the vicinity r wh.en lett on a lease that expired a few weeks since Pyrenees, have been suddelq removed t.o .Aviation for 1501. per annum, and has been re-lett by its pro and Grenoble, to prevent their obtaining a know prtetor, Mr. NELSON, of Liverpool, for 1,5001 . . P er ledge 'of the patriotic resolutions 'formed by their countrymen and the Spaniards, and particularly of annum. ' tii-ow glorious and suecessful exertions in which they OUrcornwall letters inform us, that the areatest would of course be disposed to co-operate. , , abundance of fish ever known, particularly pirchardh were : . aught Last week in Mount's Bay. Upward* - Major-general .FEROUSON, whoSe valour and con of 10,000 hogsheads of the latter were landed at St. dud in the battle of Vimeira are spoken of with so i Ives, and sold at I.od. the cart-load, for manure. Tor much praise by every Officer who witnessed them, bcit only fetcht.d from Id. to 2d, per pound, and th e is the youngest son of Mr. FRRGUsON, of Raith; in interioi fish were not worth catching. Scotland. He is only 35 years of 47,e. - . On the 13th ult. the Bishop of Oporto issued a ' • A very great shoal of herrings appeared last week . . off Staithes, near Whitby, which has been a veil Proclamation prohibiting the circulation of French seasogable sburee of ”roh money. British coin was previously ordered to bt t to the fishermen there , who bithertohaye had an ntiprodo.. i,e season. TO current; of the 'rate or 3750 rees to the guinea - - thousand, worth ,20s. tO a 0 ,,. a thousand, were il BREST FLEET.—A Letterirom a Commander in 'some cases taken in one night by cue of their smal l one of our Squadrons off Brest, gives the following; co bl es . ~ . , • particulars of the late salley of the French Fleet itiy'to I At Bristol Fair, which commenced on Thursday. that port :--,,-They came out with eight Ships of War,' ' The se'nnight, the supply of leather was very tar s , e• ~ steering W. N. W. The appearance of Admiral DUCKWORTH from Utshant put them all to the rout, goods most in demand were choice dressittg - h 1 "? 5 and best pattern-skins. Much remained unsold, and they reached the outer road of Brest with the especially mongrel and inferior hicks, and conunon ninio3l difficulty, our Ships pursuing them so close , skins. The supply of raw goods was small , an d not as to be at times within reach of their guns. Their discipline and manoeuvring appeared to 'be so supe- , , greatly in request. tier to their Usual sentnans'lltp, that it is conje6tured 1 Last week, t;,e iron coffin to hold the remains of they were navigated by the North Country sailors i the late Mr. Wioussos, the great iron ma ster, BuutiAPAaTE has pressed and sent to Brest in urge arrived at Vlversion, in a , loup, from his foundry a l bodies from Holland,. the North of Germany, and. Brabilev, in Wales, together with an iron totin' 3 ` " the Baltic. When Capt. El A wßiNs . , o f t h e Mi nerva , i :pyratilid tomb, with iron letters, gill, for the in set tire tothe Frigate, which was the Attemise, of 40 scription which lie had composed previous to his guns, and one Of the finest in tile French r,tvy, she death. The w bole of them was reino , ed 0) hi s in had bilged on a sunken rock under the batteries, and house, en Castle Head, on Monda‘ .- Tbe rock- so close t o t h e enemy, t4e,t the men were 131640 ! which the w hoie is to he placed fronts- the 110 05 ' 1 . • bCFP 94 1 .. poprd - ! . i q Ind is conlptttely eos . eo to view, bop rd.. uras'e of whom may well be compared with that of the mother of the Nlaeabees, tOpn she exhorted her sons to die fo, their honour, ttkeii,,ecumtry, and their religion." In the mean wht`l4.:the Soma teres (the nrovincial light troops) were dispersed in the neighbourhood, they prevent,ed the enemy from passing. the Ter. in order, as is supposed, to send sncconrs to the Ca,tle of FiJteras. On the morn ingof :he gist, the enemy . . retreated precipitately to ; Barcelona. It was then that the extent of the enemy's loss' was perceived, which, according to the lowest calculation, amounted to pne-third of the arm' That of `the .s.Catalotiians, on the contrary, tery inconsiderable. This account is rendered 'credible, by this circumstance, that at ni - ght various uly , troces;ul attempts were ini , cle in d fteient parts to Oke the plaCe by storin: tin eVening of the 20th 'the en'elny attempted to tregotia!e with the• Catalonians, sending the most fa se statements concerning- the state of affairs at 14I•tdricl and throughout Spain. The Junta of Ge rona were aware of the art fices, and did not relax in their measures - of defence while. they granted the cenf,'iences demanded. It has been since known, that` another French army of gnoo men was afterwards sent by DtiIIESME tower is Gt_ rona, with 50 pieces of artillery ; but this attny, after 16sing in various conflicts 2000 men, tv eannott,•arid• great quantitieS of arnmunition, was st:;pped at the pass of Celdetes, sfr leagues from Bar celona. On the 15th of July, the French lost 800 men in a - second attack upon Rosas ;, and on The 23d, a de tachment was routed at Pons . de Mallns, on its Way from France to Figueras, •with the lbss of 300 men, 300 hbeep,''4o cows, many waggons of provisions, &c. • •On the 22d of July, the Marquis Del PALACIOS landed at the harbour Of Tarragona, with a convoy of Spanish -troops from Mahod; and the 1300 Arra gonese, who landed at Tortosa, 'haVe since reached their country. . On' the 2gth, a party of IMiqualetes 4( calsd 4.) a sort of light troops) captured a tivantity of corn ,:destined to 'Barcelona. On the Ist of August, thesMarquis Del PALACIOS summoned that fortress, which occasioned General LEcHI to cause the arrest of the principal nobility, clergy, tneichants, &c. and proceed to other ads of violence. He demanded a requisition of 000 men ; but the Magistrates refused to accede, and conducted theinselves with 'a resolution worthy their station. The result of all that has;laken place' in Catalonia, is, that there are good_re,a696 so hope that the French will soon be forced to stureehder-Bar . • re celona, and the whole principality be delived from .„. them. MAILS. AK R. 711 ED—I DUblin, I Waterford. DUE-3 Gottenburgh, Waterford. • !RICE OF STOCKS TESTS DAY 41" TWELVE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Consols - 66 I Red. Ann. shot Pcnniurn - dis. Cons. for 0 dober 66 67 rrFT E. SUN. 30LtM QU!S DICIRt PALSUM AUDSAT ? L 0 N D 0 N, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 'sot: me_ par , few mo yes flea br,-! 3 1 r 1 I F 131 El